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BSB30120

Certificate III in Business (Customer Engagement)

Enhance your organisational and administrative skills to become a highly sought-after Customer Service Representative, Information Services Officer, Call Centre Operator, or Administration Officer.

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Launch your customer-centric career with a Certificate III in Business

Turn your charisma and organisational skills into a professional career with the BSB30120 Certificate III in Business (Customer Engagement). This online business course covers all the fundamental skills you need to succeed in any workplace with a specialised focus on liaising with customers.

With this customer engagement training under your belt, you will be ready to step into any customer-facing role. Whether dealing with people face-to-face as a customer service representative or over the phone as a call centre operator, you will be equipped with various skills to help you deliver exceptional service, market and promote products, and handle problems.

You can complete the majority of this customer engagement course online, which means you have the freedom and flexibility to study whenever and wherever works for you. You can graduate with your business certificate within 12 months and enter the workforce with a nationally recognised qualification. Alternatively, if you already work in a business setting, the BSB30120 Certificate III in Business (Customer Engagement) could be just what you need to claim that next promotion or apply for a more senior role elsewhere.

Looking to study business online but not specifically interested in customer engagement? We also offer a more generalised BSB30120 Certificate III in Business, or you can specialise in business administration instead. For higher business qualifications, consider the BSB40120 Certificate IV in Business or the BSB50120 Diploma of Business.

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The BSB30120 Certificate III in Business (Customer Engagement) is a Nationally Recognised course.

Course Outcomes

This business course will prepare you for success as a customer-focused professional in any workplace. You will have the skills to work productively in a team, support and work inclusively with colleagues, communicate with others in the workplace, write documents, create presentations, complete projects, develop relationships with customers and other business stakeholders, market and promote products and services, deliver exceptional service to customers, and more.

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Administration Officer

From scheduling important meetings to putting together weekly reports, administration officers are often the glue that holds an office together. You will also be responsible for tasks such as managing office supplies, updating databases, organising documents and policies, and printing/photocopying.

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Call Centre Operator

Call centre operators typically handle phone calls, emails, and web enquiries. Using your customer liaison skills and in-depth knowledge of your organisation’s products or services, you will answer questions, address concerns, de-escalate complaints, and promote the business to customers.

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Customer Service Representative

As a customer service representative, you will be a key point of contact for customers. From resolving complaints to providing accurate service information, your main responsibility will be ensuring every customer has the best experience possible when visiting your workplace.

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Telemarketer

Turn your persuasive skills and marketing talents into a career as a telemarketer. Your day-to-day tasks will include determining the ideal audience for your organisation’s products or services, contacting those people, and creating sales opportunities.

Information Services Officer

Information Services Officer

Every business revolves around information – from details about the products the business sells, to policies on dealing with customer enquiries and complaints. As an information services officer, you will be responsible for keeping all this information organised and accessible, so you can then provide customers and colleagues with the answers they need.

Education 

Whilst there are no entry requirements mandated by the training package, your skills and capabilities to undertake this training product will be assessed, and advice on suitability will be provided during the pre-enrolment process.

​​Minimum Age 

You will need to be at least 16 years old. If you are under 18 your enrolment form will need to be signed by a parent or guardian.

 Residency Status 

You will need to be a permanent Australian resident or equivalent.

Work Placement

Where required, we may assist you in identifying work placement options. 

Assessment Items

Some assessments in this course may require you to undertake tasks in a workplace/simulated environment. Where this is required, you will need to arrange access to a workplace/simulated environment and a suitably qualified other party to observe you performing the required tasks.

Given that some students may already be able to demonstrate their competence in some units, a recognition of prior learning (RPL) assessment process may be available to students to recognise skills and knowledge that may have been gained through formal and informal training and/or learning, work experience and life experience. 

Foundation Education offers a range of government subsidy schemes that may make your education journey more affordable. Explore the government funding programs on offer and discover whether you’re eligible here.

Course snapshot
Qualification

Certificate III in Business (Customer Engagement)

Delivery structure

Theoretical Elements: 

Study the theoretical elements of this course anywhere and anytime through our online learning platform.

Duration

Up to 12 months

Study load
  • 13 course units to complete.
  • Submit 1 course unit every 2.5 weeks to graduate in 12 months.
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Delivery Structure

Studying the Certificate III in Business (Customer Engagement) with Foundation Education is flexible and can be tailored to suit your needs.

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1. Theoretical

Study the theoretical elements of this course, anywhere and anytime through our online learning platform.

Components

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13 course units to complete. 
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Completed online, at your own pace. 

Resources required

For the online part of the course, you’ll need regular access to:

Computer: Laptop or desktop computer with working speakers or headphone points.

Internet: High-speed internet such as Broadband or ADSL, T1/T2, fibre optic (Dial-up access is not recommended).

Windows: Operating system – Windows 8 or above.

MAC: Operating system - OS X 10.14 Mojave or later.

Internet browser: Google Chrome, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.

Software: Flash, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Word (or Open Office which is free to download).

Office equipment:  Printer and scanner to print and upload some of your assessments.

Mobile phone with video capability or video camera: Some assessments in your course may require you to take and submit videos of you undertaking tasks for assessment.

Units

Achieve your qualification by completing the following units of competency:

Certificate III in Business (Customer Engagement)

This unit describes skills and knowledge required to apply critical thinking skills to generate solutions to workplace problems in a team environment. The unit applies to individuals who are required to develop and extend their critical and creative thinking skills to different issues and situations.

These individuals apply a range of problem solving, evaluation and analytical skills to resolve workplace issues within a team context. 

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to advocate for and feel empowered about personal wellbeing in the workplace. It involves developing and applying basic knowledge of factors that may influence wellbeing, both positively and negatively.

The unit applies to those in a range of industry and workplace contexts, who work under direct supervision. It may also apply to learners who are preparing to enter the workforce. 

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to measure, support and find opportunities to improve the sustainability of work practices. The unit applies to individuals, working under supervision or guidance, who are required to follow workplace procedures and instructions.

These individuals work in an environmentally sustainable manner within scope of competency, authority and own level of responsibility. 

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise and interact productively with diverse groups of individuals in the workplace. It covers responding to and working effectively with individual differences that might be encountered during the course of work.

The unit applies to individuals who work in a variety of contexts where they will be expected to interact with diverse groups of individuals. They may also provide some leadership and guidance to others and have some limited responsibility for the output of others. 

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with implementing and monitoring an organisation’s work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs as part of a small work team. The unit applies to individuals who have roles in assisting with maintaining workplace safety in an organisation.

Individuals closely monitor aspects of work associated with the safe delivery of products and services, and they contribute to influencing safety in the workplace. 

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to communicate (through written, oral and nonverbal form) in the workplace within an industry. This unit applies to a wide range of workers, but has a specific focus on the communication skills required for workers with limited responsibility for others. 

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to plan, draft and finalise a simple document. The unit applies to individuals who administer a broad range of competencies in various work contexts and may exercise some discretion and judgement to produce a range of simple documents. 

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to design and produce electronic presentations using various applications and platforms. The unit applies to individuals employed in a range of work environments who design electronic presentations.

They may work as individuals providing administrative support within an enterprise, or may be responsible for production of their own electronic presentations. 

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to undertake a minor project or a section of a larger project. It covers developing a project plan, administering and monitoring the project, finalising the project and reviewing the project to identify lessons learned for application to future projects.

The unit applies to individuals who play a significant role in ensuring a project meets timelines, quality standards, budgetary limits and other requirements set for the project. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify customer needs, deliver and monitor customer service and identify improvements in the provision of customer service. The unit applies to those who apply a broad range of competencies in various work contexts. In this role, individuals often exercise discretion and judgement using appropriate knowledge of customer service. They provide technical advice and support to customers over short or long-term interactions.

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop and maintain relationships with business customers by identifying customer needs and improving outcomes. It applies to individuals working in customer service roles in a diverse range of wholesale businesses. They operate with independence and under limited supervision and guidance from others, and within established organisational policies and procedures.

This unit describes skills and knowledge required to handle complaints from customers. The unit applies to those who apply a broad range of competencies and may exercise discretion and judgement using appropriate knowledge of products, customer service systems and organisational policies to provide technical advice and support to a team.

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to support the implementation of marking and promotional activities. It applies to individuals working in frontline sales roles in a diverse range of industry sectors and business contexts. They operate with some independence under general supervision and guidance from others, and within established organisational policies and procedures.

Cost and payment

You can pay for your course upfront via VISA/MasterCard or a bank deposit. Alternatively, we offer instalment plans that can be paid over several weeks or fortnights.

Your course fee includes

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Delivery and assessment of your qualification

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Study materials (including all resources)

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Ongoing support from our Education Team

We offer two payment methods

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Full fee upfront

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Instalment plans

For more information about the course costs, please call us on 1300 616 197.

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Explore our government funding programs on offer and find out whether you're eligible. Learn more.

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